MPI-FM: the Message Passing Interface on Fast Messages

MPI-FM: Message Passing Interface on Fast Messages

MPI-FM is a high-performance cluster implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) based on a port of MPICH to Fast Messages. The Message Passing Interface is an industry standard communication interface for message-passing parallel programs. It provides a wealth of capabilities including synchronous and asynchronous messaging, datatypes, and communicators. MPI-FM is a complete implementation of the MPI standard 1.0 based on the Argonne/MSU MPICH code base. However, the MPICH code base was tuned significantly to avoid buffer copies and reduce the critical path length for message reception. The effective software overhead for the MPI send/receive is below 3 microseconds in MPI-FM.

MPI 1.1 API specification from Argonne National Laboratory
MPI-FM Performance: graphs or tables
Documentation and a Frequently-asked-questions list (FAQ)
Software Distribution and Release Documentation

Platforms

Computers: x86 PC's (uni- or multiprocessor)
Networks: Myrinet or Winsock 2 (100 Mbit Ethernet)
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Linux

Release History

MPI-FM 2.1 released as part of HPVM 1.0 in August 1997 (Windows NT, Linux)
MPI-FM 2.0 released in September 1996 (SunOS, Solaris)
MPI-FM 1.1 released in February 1996 (SunOS)
MPI-FM 1.0 released in September 1995 (SunOS)

For More Information: Papers, talks, and software distributions

Primary contributors include: Mario Lauria, Greg Hermann, and Andrew Chien

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Last updated January 8,1999

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